State v. White

ULRICH, Judge.

Derrick White was convicted after a jury trial of Murder in the second degree, section 565.021, RSMo (1986), and armed criminal action, section 571.015, RSMo (1986). He was sentenced to concurrent terms of twenty years imprisonment on each count. He appeals his convictions and sentences claiming the trial court erred in 1) not declaring a mistrial based on the state’s use of criminal records of venirepersons in exercising its peremptory challenges; 2) precluding Mr. "White from presenting evidence of the victim’s reputation for violence; 3) failing to submit Mr. White’s proposed…